I've had similar "fights". They're pretty rare for me so I usually just add that up to bad connections to the server. I've heard some stories about a "lag switch" cheat thing some people use in online games. No idea what that is or if it exists though.
Oh definately. In terms of build variety the scaling does change things a lot to the worse. You're right. I was mainly thinking of how fights play out. Maybe From thought lowering the damage output would make for longer fights...and then they made the same mistake with elemental weapons that they originally did in DS1.
I sill don't know how they would just repeat the same mistake by making elementals so powerful.
The weapon buff system I completely agree on. It doesn't really work the way it is. Making an already powerful weapon (compared to pure melee) even more overpowered instead of providing a buff to your weaknesses is just dumb.
Then again these thing wouldn't be that much of a problem if poise wasn't so damn useless. The difference between no poise and a shitload of poise is so small you don't even notice. Many fights just come down to who hits first and who can spam R1 longer. That I'm having more success in pvp with dual caestuses than with a greatsword surely can't be intended. Even if I hit with the greatsword it doesn't do much more damage since I can usually only get this one hit in before my opponent can roll again as the thing is so slow and doesn't stunlock any more than a dagger would apparently.
Some design decisions for pvp just oppose each other too much I think. If the intent was to balance the easier stunlocking with lower general damage output then making elemental weapons so powerful just makes no sense.
